In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… ...

The Four Seasons' "Rag Doll" was No. 1 on the charts 50 years ago today. According to co-writer Bob Gaudio, the song was inspired by a girl who cleaned the windshield of his car for spare change ...

During his four years with the band, between 1961 and 1965, it recorded numerous hits, including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man," and "Rag Doll." ...

Learn about the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway! on Broadway story, buy official tickets, and more! Navigation. ... ,” “Rag Doll,” “Bye, Bye, Baby ...

I’m not enough of a music historian to know who the first group to borrow that “Be My Baby” intro was, but it may very well have been Frankie Valli’s Four Seasons, whose “Rag Doll ...

There will never be an edition of this column devoted to the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby.” There will never be an edition of this column devoted to the Ronettes at all. The most iconic of all the early-’60s ...